Destroyers Of Our World

Destroyers Of Our World
© Surazeus
2025 03 18

The river always asks me to believe 
wild children in the apple groves are gods 
who tell each other oracles to prove 
murderous bullies will crown their sons kings 
and start religions on the holy creed 
that they are sent by God to save the world. 

I want to study how the rivers work, 
analyzing way that spread water flows 
from rainfall on mountains, winding round hills, 
swelling wider across lush wooded plains, 
and merging into vast swirl of the sea, 
then evaporates to rise as shining clouds. 

I contemplate how rivers on grass plains, 
signified by attention of our minds, 
function as metaphor that illustrates 
slow process of change we humans observe 
by noting growth and decay of constructs 
that we define through mystery of time. 

Adjusting gear in engine of my car, 
I drive with flow of cars through urban zone 
in gridded maze of name-signified streets, 
regulated by flashing traffic lights, 
from house to school to library to store 
and back again in endless routine loop. 

I sense in strict routine of daily life 
magic of that motivational spark 
in perpetual motion machine of faith 
generating more electrical hope 
which fuels aggressive progress of my plan 
to build foundation for family success. 

Celebrities personify our hopes 
that shine as outstanding stars in the game 
who achieve success through attentive force 
of heart-inspiring discipline in work 
that slowly builds in small increments 
grand palace of political respect. 

Yet all I build may vanish from the world 
in sudden flash of disastrous misfortune 
when opposing factions of social greed 
clash over right to exist and perform 
role of power to control cash resource 
when I wander lost in the twilight zone. 

Strange beauty of this empire we create 
through constructive functions of daily work 
inspires my heart to love our nation-state, 
though greedy oligarchs now seize control, 
so to oppose destroyers of our world 
we unite and march till they shoot us down.